Research Catalog
Curlew river op. 71
- Title
- Curlew river [microform] : op. 71 / B[enjamin] B[ritten]
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Publication
- c1964.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 3 items of ms. music (86, 19, 267 p. in various pagings)
- Uniform Title
- Curlew River. English and Latin
- Alternative Title
- Curlew River.
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph condensed score, discarded sketches, and full score, signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh)
- Parable for church performance.
- For vocal soloists, chorus and instrumental ensemble (flute (piccolo), horn, viola, double bass, percussion and chamber organ.
- For details on discarded sketches and revisions see frame 94.
- In full score, voice parts are photocopies of lines from original vocal score copied by Imogen Holst, mounted before instrumentation added by composer. C.f. frame 118.
- Full score is preceded by listing of instruments and explanations of musical symbols.
- On p. [1] of full score at foot: C Faber and Faber Ltd., 1964.
- Includes: Composition sketch -- Discarded sketches and revisions -- Full score.
- Libretto by William Plomer based on the medieval Japanese No-play "Sumidagawa" of Juro Motomasa.
- Film no. B 10.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Language (note)
- English and Latin words.
- Call Number
- *ZBT-582
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C244
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
- Curlew river [microform] : op. 71 / B[enjamin] B[ritten]
- Imprint
- c1964.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1980, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Language
- English and Latin words.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Plomer, William, 1903-1973.Kanze, Motomasa, 1395?-1432? Sumidagawa.Holst, Imogen, 1907-1984.Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
- *ZBT-582